Combined wax container and applicator attachment



April 1, 1958 B. E. HORST 2,328,499

' COMBINED WAX CONTAINER AND APPLICATOR ATTACHMENT Filed Aug. 16. 1956 l 1 H8 /e ,2 1 3 me. i!

INVENTOR.

.Bruce E Horst BY Ada", m,

ATTORNEYS COMBINED WAX CONTAINER AND APPLICATOR ATTACHMENT Bruce E. Horst, Rockford, Ill.

Application August 16, 1956, Serial No. 604,456

Claims. (Cl. 1598) This invention relates to a portable power driven machine such as is used for bufling and polishing waxed floors.

In such a machine a driven member turned by a motor through a speed reducer is arranged to be detachably connected to either a bufiing or a polishing disk which thus is turned and polishes the floor to which wax has previously been applied.

The general object of the invention is to adapt such a machine for applying the wax to the floor through the provision of a novel container in which the wax is packaged and which may be mounted directly on the machine in place of the bufiing and polishing disks.

A more detailedobject is to provide a container in the form of a cylinder covered at one end with a porous element and at the other end by a piston-like element which is keyed to the cylinder and attachable to the driven member of the machine so that the cylinder is turned while the weight of the machine together with the heat generated by the friction between the porous element and the floor surface causes the piston to force the wax through the porous cover and onto the surface to be waxed.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevational view of a portable power driven machine equipped with the novel container of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line 22 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken along the line 33 in Fig. 2. a

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken along the line 4-4 in Fig. 3.

As shown in the drawings for purposes of illustration, the present invention is adapted for use with a portable power driven machine such as is commonly used for polishing and bufling waxed floors. Such a machine may include an electric motor (not shown) disposed within a housing 11 and arranged to turn a rotary driven member 12 (Fig. 3) through a speed reducing belt drive 13. The latter comprises a small pulley 14 on the motor shaft 15 and a large pulley 16 on a parallel shaft 17 journaled in the housing 11, the two pulleys being connected by a belt 18. A second and smaller pulley 19 is keyed to the shaft 17 and, through a belt 20, is connected to the driven member 12 which also is in the form of a pulley and is journaled on the lower end of the motor shaft.

Means is provided for detachably connecting the conventional polishing and bufling disks to the driven pulley 12. Herein, this means comprises two pins 21 secured to and projecting downwardly from the driven pulley and formed with heads 22 on their lower ends. A disk is attached by inserting the heads through holes in the v liquifies the wax next to the porous element.

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the disk attached, the motor is started and turns the disk. The machine is advanced manually across the floor being polished and a handle 23 may be pivotally connected to the housing 11 for this purpose.

The present invention contemplates utilizing the same machine for applying paste wax to the floor as is used for the polishing and butting operations. This is achieved through the provision of a novel container 24 which holds the wax and is arranged to be attached to the machine in place of the polishing and bufling disks. Due to the novel construction of the container 24, the latter not only is used during the waxing operation but also is the container in which the wax is originally packaged and the cylinder.. The disk, which is substantially the samediameter as the cylinder, is adapted to be connected to the driven pulley 12 and is keyed to the cylinder to slide axially within the latter while transmitting the turning motion of the pulley to the cylinder. With this arrangement, thedisk acts as a piston which is moved under the weight of the motor and housing 11 and which forces the wax out of the cylinder through the porous cover 26 and onto the surface to be waxed. Because the porous element is turning on the floor surface, the friction between the two generates heat which liquifies or partially In the liquid state, the wax penetrates the porous element more easily and thus the friction aids the flow of wax through the element.

Herein, the cylinder 25 is stamped and formed from a sheet metal and is made with an outturned flange 29. (Fig.

.and is held within the cylinder by an inturned flange 32 on the upper endof the cylinder. The key for connecting the disk and the cylinder is in the form of an internal rib 33'(Figs. 3 and 4) stamped in the cylinder and extending longitudinally of the latter. The rib is received within a complementary notch 34 cut in the periphery of the disk. One or more keys may be employed, and in this case there are two, disposed on opposite sides of the cylinder. 7

To connect the, disk 28 to the driven pulley 12, a plate 35. is centrally disposed on top of the disk and is formed with depressed central and peripheral portions 36 and 37 which are spot Welded to the disk. Formed in the intermediate portion of the plate are holes 38 and connecting slots 39 for receiving the pins 21. With the construction shown, the disk is turned counterclockwise as viewed in Fig. 4 so that the pins are urged toward the ends of the slots and away from the holes.

The containers 24 may be packaged and sold ready for use, that is, they are filled with wax and covered at one end with the fabric 26 .and at the other end by the disk 28. The container is attached to the machine simply by inserting the heads 22 of the pins 21 through the holes 38 and then turning the container to move the pins into the slots 39. The machine is then placed on the surface to be waxed and the motor started. Since the driven ,the wax out through the fabric cover 26. As theyvax is used up, the disk slides down, on the keys'33 and continues to produce a-supply of Wax through the cover.

' The rotary motion of the cylinder distributes the wax evenly on the surface preparatory to buffing and polishing.

It will be observed that, with theinvention, the applicator rotates relative to the surface being Waxed. This has the advantage of facilitating the dew of wax through the fabric cover 26 since it generates heat due to the friction between the cover and the floor and this heat tends to liquify the wax immediately above thecover.

I claim as my invention:

1. A wax container for use with a portable power mechanism having on its underside a rotary driven member, said container comprising a cylinder adapted to encircle a quantity of wax, a flange projecting outwardly from the bottom of the cylinder around the entire periphery thereof, a porous cloth extending across the bottom of the cylinder and turned up around said flange, a circular resilient element disposed above said flange and on the outside of both said cloth and said cylinder to hold the cloth on the bottom of the cylinder, a disk disposed within said cylinder adjacent the upper end thereof and slidable axially in the cylinder to force the wax through said cloth, -means for detachably connecting said disk to said driven member whereby the member turns the disk, and a key extending longitudinally of said cylinder and connecting the cylinder and said disk to cause the cylinder to turn with the disk while permitting the disk to slide axially in the cylinder.

2. A wax container for use with a portable power mechanism having on its underside a rotary driven member with a plurality of pins projecting downwardly there- .from, said container. comprising a cylinder adapted to encircle a quantity of wax, a porous element disposed across the lower end of said cylinder, means for holding said element on said cylinder, a disk disposed within said cylinder adjacent the upper end thereof and slidable axially in the cylinder to force the Wax through said element, means for holding said disk against turning relative to said cylinder while permitting the disk to slide in the cylinder, a plate spaced above said disk at the center thereof, and means for rigidly attaching said plate to said disk, said plate having holes to receive said pins whereby said driven member turns said disk and said cylinder.

3. An attachment for a portable power mechanism having on its underside a rotary driven member, said attachment comprising a sheet metal cylinder having an -pulley 12 is connected to the cylinder throughthedisk to slide in the annulus.

,inturnedflange atone end, a porous clothstretehedvacross the other end of said cylinder, means for securing said cloth to said cylinder around the entire periphery-thereof, a circular disk of substantially the same diameter as said cylinder and disposed within the cylinder adjacent said flange, a quantity of wax disposed between said cloth and said disk, said cylinder having internal ribs angularly spaced around the cylinder and extending longitudinally of the latter and said disk having notches receiving said ribs whereby the disk may slide axially in the cylinder while the two turn together, and means detachably connecting said disk to said member whereby the disk and the cylinder turn with the member.

4; A wax container for use with a portable power mechanism having on its underside arotary driven member, said container comprising an annulus adapted to encircle a quantity of wax, a porous fabric element disposed across one end of said annulus, means for securing said element to said annulus around the entireperiphery thereof, a disk disposed within said annulus adjacent the other end thereof and slidable axially in the annulus to forcethe wax through said element, means for detachably connecting said disk to said member whereby the member turnsthe disk, and a key extending longitudinally of said annulus and connecting the annulus and said disk to cause the annulus to turn with the disk while permitting the disk 5. A wax container for use with a portable power mechanism having on its underside a rotary driven member, said container comprising an annulus adapted to encircle a quantity of wax, a porous element disposed across one end of said annulus, means for holding said element on said annulus, a disk disposed within said annulus adjacent the other end thereof and slidable axially in "the annulus to force the wax through said element,

means for detachably connecting said disk to said member --whereby the member turns the disk, and a connection between said disk and said annulus operable to cause the annulus to turn with the disk while permitting the disk to slide in the annulus.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,479,281 Buck Jan. 1, 1924 1,693,908 Marshall Dec. 4, 1928 1,748,549 Gillis Feb. 25, 1930 1,933,846 Finnell Nov. 7, 1933 1,988,193 Edstrom Jan. 15, 1935 2,769,994 Sutton Nov. 13, 1956 FOREIGN PATENTS 750,317 France May 22, 1933 

